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==Life==
==Life==
Cheek was the son of [[Henry Cheke]] and his wife Frances Radclyffe (daughter of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe of [[Elstow]] and sister of [[Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex]]), and grandson of Sir [[John Cheke]], royal preceptor and classical scholar. He was educated at York where his school fellows included [[Thomas Morton (bishop)|Thomas Morton]], afterwards [[Bishop of Durham]], and [[Guy Fawkes]]. He lost his father while a minor: he wrote a Greek letter and Latin verses to the Lord Treasurer in 1586 in which he called himself an orphan, and spoke of his father being gone to the joys of heaven. In it he prays his Lordship, that as he was always a help and a sanctuary unto his father, so he would be to him.<ref>J. Strype, ''The life of the learned Sir John Cheke, kt., first Instructer [sic], afterwards Secretary of State, to King Edward VI'' (John Wyat, London 1705), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ImgKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 p. 189].</ref> Cheek was knighted by King James I on 11 May 1603.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/knightsofengland02shawuoft#page/n113/mode/2up Knights of England]</ref>
Cheek was the son of [[Henry Cheke]] and his wife Frances Radclyffe (daughter of Sir [[Humphrey Radcliffe|Humphrey Radclyffe]] of [[Elstow]] and sister of [[Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex]]), and grandson of Sir [[John Cheke]], royal preceptor and classical scholar. He was educated at [[St Peter's School, York]] where his school fellows included [[Thomas Morton (bishop)|Thomas Morton]], afterwards [[Bishop of Durham]], and [[Guy Fawkes]]. He lost his father while a minor: he wrote a Greek letter and Latin verses to the Lord Treasurer in 1586 in which he called himself an orphan, and spoke of his father being gone to the joys of heaven. In it, he prays to his Lordship, that as he was always a help and a sanctuary unto his father, so he would be to him.<ref>J. Strype, ''The life of the learned Sir John Cheke, kt., first Instructer [sic], afterwards Secretary of State, to King Edward VI'' (John Wyat, London 1705), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ImgKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 p. 189].</ref> Cheek was knighted by King James I on 11 May 1603.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/knightsofengland02shawuoft#page/n113/mode/2up Knights of England]</ref>


In 1614, Cheek was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport]], and was elected MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] Harwich in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for both [[Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)|Bere Alston]] and [[Essex (UK Parliament constituency)|Essex]], and chose to sit for Essex. He was MP for Bere Alston again in 1625 and was elected MP for [[Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)|Maldon]] in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for [[Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Colchester]] where he sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.<ref name=Willis>{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}</ref> He was awarded MA from [[Cambridge University]] in 1629.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=CHK629T|name=Cheeke, Thomas}}</ref>
In 1614, Cheek was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport]], and MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] Harwich in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for both [[Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)|Bere Alston]] and [[Essex (UK Parliament constituency)|Essex]], and chose to sit for Essex. He was MP for Bere Alston again in 1625 and was elected MP for [[Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)|Maldon]] in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for [[Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Colchester]] where he sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.<ref name=Willis>{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}</ref> He was awarded MA from [[Cambridge University]] in 1629.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=CHK629T|name=Cheeke, Thomas}}</ref>


Cheek was elected MP for Harwich in April 1640 for the [[Short Parliament]] and was re-elected for Harwich again in the [[Long Parliament]] in November 1640.<ref name=Willis/> He survived at least until [[Pride's Purge]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WykOAAAAQAAJ ''The parliamentary or constitutional history of England;: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ..., Volume 9'' p27]</ref>
Cheek was elected MP for Harwich in April 1640 for the [[Short Parliament]] and was re-elected for Harwich again in the [[Long Parliament]] in November 1640.<ref name=Willis/> He survived at least until [[Pride's Purge]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WykOAAAAQAAJ ''The parliamentary or constitutional history of England;: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ..., Volume 9'' p27]</ref>
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==Family==
==Family==
[[File:The Cheeke Sisters, by Anthony van Dyck.jpg|thumb|The Cheeke girls, Essex and Anne, painted by [[Anthony van Dyck|van Dyck]]]]
[[File:The Cheeke Sisters, by Anthony van Dyck.jpg|thumb|The Cheeke girls, Essex and Anne, painted by [[Anthony van Dyck|van Dyck]]]]
Thomas Cheek's first wife was a daughter of [[Peter Osborne (Keeper of the Privy Purse)|Peter Osborne]] and his wife Anne Blyth. Osborne was a very loyal friend of Cheek's grandfather, and had given him a home in his last months following his release from the [[Tower of London]] in 1556. Anne Osborne was the daughter of John Blyth, first [[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physick]] in the [[University of Cambridge]] (1540), who had married Sir John Cheke's sister. Thomas Cheek therefore married his own second cousin: they were married for nearly twenty years, and had a son Anthony in Virginia {{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}.
Thomas Cheek's first wife was Katharine, a daughter of [[Peter Osborne (Keeper of the Privy Purse)|Peter Osborne]] and his wife Anne Blyth. Osborne was a very loyal friend of Cheek's grandfather, and had given him a home in his last months following his release from the [[Tower of London]] in 1556. Anne Osborne was the daughter of John Blyth, first [[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physick]] in the [[University of Cambridge]] (1540), who had married Sir John Cheke's sister. Thomas Cheek therefore married his own second cousin: they were married for nearly twenty years, and had a son Anthony in Virginia {{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}.


Anne Cheek died on 11 February 1615 of sepsis or gangrene after being bled by the queen's surgeon for a minor complaint.<ref>Elizabeth McClure Thomson, ''The Chamberlain Letters'' (London, 1966), p. 131.</ref><ref>John Nichols, ''Progresses of James the First'', vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 39.</ref>
Katharine Cheek died on 11 February 1615 of sepsis or gangrene after being bled by the queen's surgeon for a minor complaint.<ref>Elizabeth McClure Thomson, ''The Chamberlain Letters'' (London, 1966), p. 131.</ref><ref>John Nichols, ''Progresses of James the First'', vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 39.</ref>


He married secondly Lady Essex Rich, third daughter of [[Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick]]. They had three sons and six daughters.
He married secondly Lady Essex Rich, third daughter of [[Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick]]. They had three sons and six daughters.
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* Charles Cheeke
* Charles Cheeke
* Frances Cheeke, married [[Lancelot Lake]].<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=-1&workid=8591&searchid=13136&roomid=6640&tabview=text&texttype=10 Tate Gallery - Two Ladies of the Lake Family circa 1660 by Sir Peter Lely].</ref>
* Frances Cheeke, married [[Lancelot Lake]].<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=-1&workid=8591&searchid=13136&roomid=6640&tabview=text&texttype=10 Tate Gallery - Two Ladies of the Lake Family circa 1660 by Sir Peter Lely].</ref>
* Essex Cheeke (d. 1658),<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p6796.htm Essex Cheeke at Leigh Rayment's ''The Peerage'' site.]</ref> later Dame Essex Bevil and then Countess of Manchester; she married:
* Essex Cheeke, later Dame Essex Bevil and then Countess of Manchester; she married:
**(1) Sir Robert Bevil, KB,
**(1) Sir Robert Bevil, KB,
**(2) [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester]] (1602-1671), as his third wife, on 30 December 1642. Montagu was previously married to her cousin Lady Anne Rich (d. 1641/2), daughter of [[Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick]].<ref>Strype, ''Life of the Learned Sir John Cheke'', p. 190.</ref> (Lady Anne Rich was Manchester's second wife, and the mother of his heir.) Of their children,
**(2) [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester]] (1602-1671), as his third wife, on 30 December 1642. Montagu was previously married to her cousin Lady Anne Rich (d. 1641/2), daughter of [[Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick]].<ref>Strype, ''Life of the Learned Sir John Cheke'', p. 190.</ref> (Lady Anne Rich was Manchester's second wife, and the mother of his heir.) Of their children,
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***Lady Anne Montagu (d. circa 1689) married her second cousin (as his 2nd wife) Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, the son of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (a younger son of [[Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick|the 1st Earl of Warwick]]).
***Lady Anne Montagu (d. circa 1689) married her second cousin (as his 2nd wife) Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, the son of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (a younger son of [[Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick|the 1st Earl of Warwick]]).
***Lady Essex Montagu (died 1677) married [[Henry Ingram, 1st Viscount of Irvine]] (7 June 1661).<ref>H.W. Forsyth Harwood, 'Ingram, Viscount Irvine', in J. Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'' (David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908), V (1908), [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/12/mode/2up pp. 9-20, at p. 13].</ref>
***Lady Essex Montagu (died 1677) married [[Henry Ingram, 1st Viscount of Irvine]] (7 June 1661).<ref>H.W. Forsyth Harwood, 'Ingram, Viscount Irvine', in J. Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'' (David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908), V (1908), [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/12/mode/2up pp. 9-20, at p. 13].</ref>
* Anne Cheeke, <ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p2682.htm#i26811 Anne Cheeke at Leigh Rayment's ''The Peerage'' site.]</ref> later Countess of Warwick and then Countess of Clanricarde; she married:
* Anne Cheeke, later Countess of Warwick and then Countess of Clanricarde; she married:
**(1) Richard Rogers,
**(1) Richard Rogers,
**(2) [[Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick]] (1611-1659), her cousin (as his second wife). They had issue three daughters, who were raised by their uncle [[Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick]] (d. 1673) and his second wife [[Mary Rich|Lady Mary Boyle]] (d. 1678).
**(2) [[Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick]] (1611-1659), her cousin (as his second wife). They had issue three daughters, who were raised by their uncle [[Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick]] (d. 1673) and his second wife [[Mary Rich|Lady Mary Boyle]] (d. 1678).
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 21 July 2024

For other people named Thomas Cheek, see Thomas Cheek (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Cheek, Cheeke or Cheke (died March 1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in every parliament between 1614 and 1653.[1]

Life

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Cheek was the son of Henry Cheke and his wife Frances Radclyffe (daughter of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe of Elstow and sister of Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex), and grandson of Sir John Cheke, royal preceptor and classical scholar. He was educated at St Peter's School, York where his school fellows included Thomas Morton, afterwards Bishop of Durham, and Guy Fawkes. He lost his father while a minor: he wrote a Greek letter and Latin verses to the Lord Treasurer in 1586 in which he called himself an orphan, and spoke of his father being gone to the joys of heaven. In it, he prays to his Lordship, that as he was always a help and a sanctuary unto his father, so he would be to him.[2] Cheek was knighted by King James I on 11 May 1603.[3]

In 1614, Cheek was elected Member of Parliament for Newport, and MP for Harwich Harwich in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for both Bere Alston and Essex, and chose to sit for Essex. He was MP for Bere Alston again in 1625 and was elected MP for Maldon in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Colchester where he sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[4] He was awarded MA from Cambridge University in 1629.[5]

Cheek was elected MP for Harwich in April 1640 for the Short Parliament and was re-elected for Harwich again in the Long Parliament in November 1640.[4] He survived at least until Pride's Purge.[6]

Cheek purchased Pirgo Park in Havering, Essex from the Grey family. He died at "a great age", and was buried on 25 March 1659 in St Alban, Wood Street in the north chapel near his grandfather Sir John Cheke.[7]

Family

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The Cheeke girls, Essex and Anne, painted by van Dyck

Thomas Cheek's first wife was Katharine, a daughter of Peter Osborne and his wife Anne Blyth. Osborne was a very loyal friend of Cheek's grandfather, and had given him a home in his last months following his release from the Tower of London in 1556. Anne Osborne was the daughter of John Blyth, first Regius Professor of Physick in the University of Cambridge (1540), who had married Sir John Cheke's sister. Thomas Cheek therefore married his own second cousin: they were married for nearly twenty years, and had a son Anthony in Virginia [citation needed].

Katharine Cheek died on 11 February 1615 of sepsis or gangrene after being bled by the queen's surgeon for a minor complaint.[8][9]

He married secondly Lady Essex Rich, third daughter of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick. They had three sons and six daughters.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ A. Thrush, 'Cheke, Sir Thomas (1570-1659), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Pyrgo, Havering, Essex', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (from Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament Online.
  2. ^ J. Strype, The life of the learned Sir John Cheke, kt., first Instructer [sic], afterwards Secretary of State, to King Edward VI (John Wyat, London 1705), p. 189.
  3. ^ Knights of England
  4. ^ a b Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  5. ^ "Cheeke, Thomas (CHK629T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ The parliamentary or constitutional history of England;: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ..., Volume 9 p27
  7. ^ Strype, Life of the learned Sir John Cheke, pp. 189-191].
  8. ^ Elizabeth McClure Thomson, The Chamberlain Letters (London, 1966), p. 131.
  9. ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 39.
  10. ^ Tate Gallery - Two Ladies of the Lake Family circa 1660 by Sir Peter Lely.
  11. ^ Strype, Life of the Learned Sir John Cheke, p. 190.
  12. ^ H.W. Forsyth Harwood, 'Ingram, Viscount Irvine', in J. Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908), V (1908), pp. 9-20, at p. 13.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newport
1614
With: Thomas Trevor 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Harwich
1620–1622
With: Edward Grimston 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
1624
With: Thomas Jermyn jun. 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Essex
1624
With: Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
1625
With: William Strode 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Maldon
1626
With: Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Colchester
1628–1629
With: Edward Alford 		Parliament suspended until 1640
Parliament suspended since 1629 Member of Parliament for Harwich
1640–1653
With: Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet 1640
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet 1640–1647
Capel Luckyn 1647–1648 		Not represented in Barebones Parliament
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